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rogram helps adults 'Reach her' for degrees with flexible hours
Quick Facts about the ReachHigher program: 1. You can enroll anytime. 2. Classes are offered five times throughout the year. 3. Classes last eight weeks and most assignments are online. 4. Upon graduation, you will be awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational leadership. 5. The curriculum was created with the help of Oklahoma's businesses to meet their needs. 6. This degree prepares students for success in government, nonprofit, corporate or industrial careers. 7. You can choose which university will award your degree from the eight public universities offering the program.
By Nelson Solomon
Co-Editor
Source: www.okhighered.org Photo illustration by Chris Albers
A new state program is helping adults who are facing hectic schedules with work, family and other commitments but are going back to college finish their degree. ReachHigher, Oklahoma's degree completion program, currently has one class session at UCO, a leadership course taught by Christopher Bray. The program is for working adults who want to finish their college degree from a state university, according to their official Web site. The application process is free and sdmissions requirements include having a minimum of 72 credit hours, being 21 years of age and not enrolled as a full-time student for at least one year. Those interested must also have a minimum of 2.0 graduation/ retention GPA in past college course work and have completed general education requirements as defined by the home institution admitting the student. A provisional admission status may be used for students who do not yet meet this requirement. Four classes will be offered at UCO in the spring, including Leading and Managing, Ethics and Organization, Professional Communications, and Foundations of Organizational Leadership, which is being taught this semester. The Oklahoman reported on Nov. 10 that the State Board of Regents recently announced scholarships for ReachHigher students. Drawing from $915,000 in federal grants, the state will award 620 scholarships of $500 each, with employers asked to match the amount. Classes last eight weeks and most assignments are online. Students will benefit from being placed in classes with their peers, where they can share courses and experiences with other working adults. Upon graduation, students will be awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational leadership, the Web site stated. For more information, visit www.okhighered.org/ reachhigher.
Students host Thanksgiving drive for management project By Stephani Tobin
Staff Writer
Business students at UCO are organizing a food drive for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, as part of a learning strategy to help teach civic responsibility. Students in Philip Jeck's Management and Organizational Behavior class will team up for this service-learning project called "Charity Apprentice — UCO." The objective is to engage students in charity activities while applying principles learned in class. The drive, called "More About Caring: Thanksgiving Food Drive & Warm Clothes for Warm Hearts" currently has donation boxes located in various businesses around Oklahoma City. The drive will run until Nov. 25. Lacretia Ellis, a business student in Jeck's class, helped her group form a plan for the drive and collaborate with M.A.0 Entertainment, LLC, to get their work off the ground. "This charity project has taught me the importance of giving, teamwork
"If music be the food of love, play on" The Shakespeare Faculty Panel meets to discuss play By Angela Morris
Staff Writer
Gender-bending, class lines and modern adaptations were all topics at hand when UCO English prOfessors discussed the recent student production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." English professors Sandra Mayfield, Allen. Rice and David Macey met as a panel Thursday night to discuss student performances, their views on Shakespeare and his works and to ask the cast questions about the play. "'Twelfth Night' is a delightful gender-bending confusion," Rice said. All three professors had an opinion about the way Shakespeare handled gender roles, including the character Viola in "Twelfth Night", who dressed up as a man. They also discussed the class consciousness presented in the play and how Shakespeare's comedies, including "Twelfth Night," differ from his tragedies. Macey said, in this play, the yearning is so strong for both comedy and tragedy that it pushes us almost to the brink. Chairman of the theater department and director for this production, Dr. Robert McGill, decided to use a Rowse adaptation of the play. This version is slightly more contemporary, changing the "thou's" and "thee's" to "you's" and "I's" as a way of making the play easier to understand. McGill asked the panel if they thought the Rowse version took away from Shakespeare. Mayfield said it depends on the degree, but she believes this production still kept much of Shakespeare intact. Mayfield asked the cast how familiar they were with
and that I have a civic responsibility," Ellis said. M.A.C. Entertainment, a record label based in Georgia, Texas and Oklahoma, involves their company in community service and their "More About Caring" drive donated over $400 worth of nonperishable food. Donations from the drive will go to the Jesus Shelter, the Salvation Army and other organizations in need. Some of the items needed include nonperishable food, stocking caps, coats, jackets, gloves and earmuffs. People can bring donations to Pho Hoa restaurant on N.W. 23rd Street; Peter's Body and Paint Shop on S. Robinson Avenue; Phillips 66 on N.W. 36th Street and Kelley Avenue; Main Edge Barber Shop on N. Midwest Boulevard; and Aja Bleu Café on N. Western Avenue. Ellis said this project is a great way for students to learn about running an organization and the behaviors within management, as well as using their experience in community service to enrich the learning experience.
• What: William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" directed by Bob McGill • Who: UCO's Department of Theatre, Dance and Media Arts • Where: The Pegasus Theatre in the Liberal Arts building
Shakespeare prior to this production. Sonie cast members said they had been in other Shakespeare plays, but some had not. Stephan Goodman, who played Orsino, mentioned this was his first experience with Shakespeare and commented on how McGill helped present Shakespeare in a way that allowed Goodman to express his character. 4
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• When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20 through Saturday, Nov. 22 and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23 • Price: $4 for students, $10 for seniors and UCO faculty and staff, and $14 for adults.